Packet 5: Tossup 3
Worship complexes in this tradition used the architectural principle “front lecture hall, rear shrine.” This tradition’s primary temple is part of a school campus founded in 1398. Martina Deuchler studied how “horizontal kinship” became “vertical” as this tradition replaced previous religious beliefs. A reform movement in this tradition, whose lay scholars introduced Catholicism before the arrival of missionaries, had a name meaning “practical learning.” That movement imported texts reconciling this tradition with Christianity, including The True Meaning of the Lord of Heaven by Matteo Ricci. This tradition used seowon (“SUH-won”) shrine-schools and had suppressed traditions re-added to it by the syncretic Donghak (“DONG-hock”) movement. For 10 points, what tradition did the Joseon dynasty elevate over shamanism and Buddhism by promoting the writings of Zhū Xī ■END■
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